Books/articles on research design/methods by discipline

Medical Sciences:

• Berg, Kris E. & Latin, Richard, W. 2008. Essentials of research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation.3rd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Social Sciences:

• Bickman, Leonard & Rog, Debra, J. (eds.). 2009. The Sage handbook of applied social research methods. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
• Fowler, Floyd J. 2009. Survey research methods.. (Applied social research methods series; 14th ed). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
• Teddlie, Charles & Tashakkori, Abbas. 2009. Foundations of mixed methods research: integrating quantitative and qualitative techniques in the social and behavioral sciences.London: SAGE.

Criminology:

• Maxfield, Michael G. & Babbie, Earl. 2009. Basics of research methods for criminal justice and criminology. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth.

Education:

• Berg, Kris E. & Latin, Richard, W. 2008. Essentials of research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation.3rd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• Bogdan, Robert & Biklen, Sari Knopp. 2007. Qualitative research for education: an introduction to theory and methods. 5th ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
• Briggs, Ann R.J. & Coleman, Marianne.(eds.). 2007. Research methods in educational leadership and management. 2nd ed. Los Angeles ; London: Sage Publications.
• Burton, Neil & Brundrett, Mark & Jones, Marion. 2008. Doing your education research project. Los Angeles: SAGE.
• Cohen, Louis & Manion, Lawrence & Morrison, Keith. 2008. Research methods in education [electronic book]. 6th ed. London; New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
• Cox, James & Cox, Keni Brayton. 2008. Your opinion, please: how to build the best questionnaires in the field of education. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press.
• Creswell, John W. 2008. Educational research: planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research.3rd ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall.
• Dressman, Mark 2008. Using social theory in educational research: a practical guide. New York; London: Routledge: [Imprint of the] Taylor & Francis Group.
• Hatch, J. Amos. (ed.) 2007. Early childhood qualitative research. New York: Routledge.
• Kelly, Anthony E. & Lesh, Richard A. & Baek, John Y. (eds.). 2008. Handbook of design research methods in education : innovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning and teaching. New York: Routledge.
• Latess, Joseph, D. 2008. Focus-group research for school improvement: what are they thinking? Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
• Mills, Geoffrey, E. 2007. Action research: a guide for the teacher researcher. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
• O'Donoghue, Tom A. 2007. Planning your qualitative research project: an introduction to interpretivist research in education. London; New York: Routledge.
• Slavin, Robert E. 2007. Educational research in an age of accountability. Boston: Pearson.
• Wyse, Dominic. 2007. The good writing guide for education students. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.

Political Sciences:

• Le Roy, Michael K. 2009. Research methods in political science: an introduction using MicroCase. 7th ed. Boston, MA : Thomson/Wadsworth.